fakehatecrimes.org

fake hate crimes: a database of hate crime hoaxes

The purpose of this site is to compile a comprehensive database of the false reports of "hate crimes" committed (mostly) in the USA. It builds on the work of Laird Wilcox, whose Crying Wolf (PDF) is the original book on this subject. The books Hate Crime Hoax and Hate Crimes: Criminal Law & Identity Politics are recommended.

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733. Man arrested over ‘Labour’s monsters’ anti-Semitic posters / A man has been arrested after election posters that portrayed Jewish people as “Labour’s monsters” were posted around London. Scotland Yard has been investigating posters in Tower Hamlets, east Lond / 2026-10-31

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Type of hoax: not a hoax

Date: 2026-05-05

Location: London UK

Summary: It's not a hoax. Neither is it a hate crime. It's a picture of an Israeli settler, plus some posters making truthful, verifiable statements about the UK government. The only 'hoax' is the police treating the posters as indicative of racial or religious animus.

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